Opportunities for Building Resilience against Cognitive Warfare

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New conflicts and modern technology allow more efficient persuasion than ever. The linguistic tools of persuasion have been known since ancient times, but their efficiency is multiplied by the fluid online environment. The inventory of persuasive operations has extended, especially in the changing online environment, and is able to target citizens or decision-makers individually. Their detection requires an interdisciplinary approach, which may comprise, among others, the results of military science, linguistics, media studies, psychology and propaganda research. Researching the topic involves the classification of the system of concepts, which is necessary because of the diverse names resulting from the opposite perspective rooted in the opposing judgement of own and enemy activities. The NATO 2030 Report had already emphasised that allies have to develop a standardised terminology in order to be able to act jointly. Another important area of research is the definition of differences between psychological operations, information operations and cognitive warfare, or, rather, cognitive operations.
Developing resilience against online deception is a priority among the objectives of NATO and the EU. For this reason, the tools and mechanisms of online persuasion and deception require in-depth research.

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2025-12-31